Jammu, May 2 -- Although in the case of essential services like water and electricity there is an obvious contract between the government and the consumers that the former will provide the facility and the latter entity will have to clear the dues stipulated for the aforesaid service or facility.
In the case of electricity distribution, the governments in J&K have time and again promised that after installation of smart meters and clearing off the pending bills, it will provide round-the-clock power to the aforesaid consumers but on ground especially after the Omar Abdullah government has taken up the reins, the unscheduled power cuts have become a norm.
These outages, often without warning, affect both urban and rural areas. Another surp...